Fortive Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and services professional and engineered products, software, and services worldwide. Its Professional Instrumentation segment provides test tools, and thermal imaging and calibration equipment for electrical, industrial, electronic, and calibration applications; online condition-based monitoring equipment; portable gas detection equipment, consumables, and software as a service offerings; subscription-based technical, analytical, and compliance services; and software, data analytics, and services for critical infrastructure in utility, industrial, energy, construction, public safety, mining, and healthcare applications. This segment also provides product realization services and products that help developers and engineers across the end-to-end product creation cycle from concepts to finished products; materials components; and devices that sense, monitor, and control operational or manufacturing variables. This segment markets its products and services under the ACCRUENT, FLUKE, FLUKE BIOMEDICAL, FLUKE NETWORKS, GORDIAN, INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC, LANDAUER, QUALITROL, INVETECH, KEITHLEY, PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC, SONIX, and TEKTRONIX brands. Its Industrial Technologies segment offers solutions and services for use in fuel dispensing, remote fuel management, point-of-sale and payment systems, environmental compliance, vehicle tracking, and fleet and traffic management under the ANGI, GASBOY, GILBARCO, GILBARCO AUTOTANK, ORPAK, VEEDER-ROOT, and TELETRAC NAVMAN brands. This segment also offers professional tools, toolboxes, and automotive diagnostic equipment under the MATCO brand; and wheel service equipment under the COATS brand. The company also provides automation and specialty components under the DYNAPAR and HENGSTLER brands. Fortive Corporation was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Everett, Washington.

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Fortive has received 52.21% “underperform” votes from our community.

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In the past three months, Fortive insiders have sold 359.46% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $1,089,200.00 in company stock and sold $5,004,454.00 in company stock.

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Fortive (NYSE:FTV) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Fortive's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Fortive's stock was trading at $59.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FTV shares have increased by 18.8% and is now trading at $70.61. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Fortive?

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortive in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Fortive.

When is Fortive's next earnings date?

How were Fortive's earnings last quarter?

Fortive Corp (NYSE:FTV) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The technology company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.03. The technology company earned $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.76 billion. Fortive had a return on equity of 17.55% and a net margin of 8.28%. Fortive's revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. View Fortive's earnings history.

How often does Fortive pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Fortive?

Fortive announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 9th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View Fortive's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for FTV?

16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Fortive's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $86.00. On average, they expect Fortive's share price to reach $75.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Fortive.

Has Fortive been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media headlines about FTV stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortive earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutFortive.

Are investors shorting Fortive?

Fortive saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,950,000 shares, a decline of 11.9% from the April 30th total of 7,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,770,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Fortive's Current Options Chain.

How do I buy shares of Fortive?

Shares of FTV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Fortive's stock price today?

One share of FTV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.61.

How big of a company is Fortive?

Fortive has a market capitalization of $23.79 billion and generates $7.32 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $738.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.48 on an earnings per share basis. Fortive employs 25,000 workers across the globe.